Going for broke? New ad attacks WilliamsIt looks like Governor Andrew Cuomo and Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul will have something else to go after Councilman Jumaane Williams for in his bid to take Hochul's job. Williams is running fo...

Special circumstancesAn Assembly candidate in Queens won't let go of the special election earlier this year that sent his opponent to the state Assembly. Yonel Letellier Sosa, who is running against Assemblywoman Ari E...

Better late than never, but for whom?Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer took to Twitter last week to forcefully correct his lukewarm position either for or against bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd avenues in his district. Community board 2 vo...

Cuomo campaign scrambling to prove supportGovernor Andrew Cuomo is working awfully hard to prove that people like him, they really, really like him. First, there was the whole small donor debacle. Ever since announcing her challenge to Cuo...

Forget Cuomo's best buds with some choice budsConcerned that state government is a corrupt cesspool full of people looking to get fat on the public's dime? Relax and take a hit of this, brah! There was more bad news for the administration of G...

Dominos keep falling after Crowley’s lossNew York City’s political class is still dealing with the aftershock of Joe Crowley’s stunning loss to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the congressional primary. The defeat has resulted in a flood of e...

Ocasio-Cortez takes down the machineA first-time candidate made national headlines last week when she unseated longtime incumbent Congressman Joseph Crowley in the Democratic Primary. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory even made its ...

School safety out, but we get a CuomoTrain!It seemed impossible, but lawmakers in Albany lowered the bar even further when it comes to partisan inaction, failing to get anything of consequence accomplished before the gavel fell on the end o...

Molinaro: Cuomo throwing Cadillac taxpayer moneyHis love is bigger than a Cadillac, but one of his opponents wants the company to drive it right back. Republican gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro sent a letter to Stephen Carlisle, president ...

Dillon jumps from 14th to the 7thYou might remember us chronicling the campaign of James Dillon, the candidate whose signs – partially in Spanish, nonetheless – we started seeing along Queens Boulevard last year, but knew little e...

Boos and a Bronx cheer for a couple of mayorsIt was rough couple of days last week for Mayor Bill de Blasio. A judge ruled that his office had to make public emails between the mayor and his staff because the inclusion of an outside consultan...

New assemblywoman has to hit campaign trailAri Espinal doesn't have long to enjoy her recent election to the Assembly. Espinal was the lone person on the ballot in a special election to replace Francisco Moya, who represented the neighborho...

Pols fleeing from AG selection processThe taint surrounding the state legislature in Albany is so great that people would rather turn down a high-profile post like attorney general rather that be seen as in bed with New York's assembly...

With friends like these, who needs enemies?It looks like one Republican candidate for the state senate in northeast Queens doesn't have to worry that much about a challenge from the Democratic Party. Rather, it's forces inside her own party...

Hey union heads, better lose my numberHell hath no fury like a governor scorned! Leaders from community organizations across the city held a rally in Manhattan last week after reports surfaced that Governor Andrew Cuomo told union head...